A sketch of 6th Century Monastic Settlement – Derry – by artist, Philip Armstrong, working with archaeologist, Paul Logue
The Empty Plinth
The Holywell Trust’s City Walls Heritage Project is working with the Nerve Centre’s Teaching Divided Histories and Public Image – Events to create a light installation on the Plinth on Royal Bastion on the City Walls. Entitled ‘the Empty Plinth’ the artwork is part of the four day Lumiere Festival of Light in Derry from 28th November to 1st December. The emptiness of the Plinth will be be filled with a simple, pure beam of white light. This week’s light installation is the first of the series of artworks planned for 2013/4 to bring the Plinth and Bastion alive, reclaiming these contested spaces for everyone in Derry. For more information click here.
Programme announced for Heritage Symposium
Derry City Council is hosting the 2013 European Walled Towns Symposium in later this month. A line-up of international and local speakers, plus hands-on workshops in Derry, Northern Ireland and Raphoe, County Donegal plus a study tour looking at heritage management along the Causeway Coastal Route, should be interest to heritage towns and walled towns across Ireland and Britain. Holywell Trust’s City Walls Heritage Project is helping Derry City Council with organising the symposium. Full details and special packages can be found here.
Students from University Notre Dame Visit 2013
Students from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA, who are doing their International Programme in Dublin, visited Derry today guests of Holywell Trust and St Columb’s Cathedrall.
The Derry Walls 